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  <h1>Uninstalling software (aka uninstalling features)</h1>
  <p>The <b>Uninstall</b> wizard allows you to review and uninstall items in your configuration. This wizard is shown
  when you select items and press <b>Uninstall...</b> from the <b>Installed Software</b> page. To uninstall software
  from your system:</p>
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    <li>Click <b>Help &gt; About</b> and then click <a class="command-link" href=
    'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.help.installationDialog")'><img src=
    "PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <b>Installation Details...</b></a> to open a
    dialog showing pages that provide more detail about your installation.</li>
    <li>Click the <b>Installed Software</b> tab to see a list of the software items that you have installed into your
    system.</li>
    <li>Select the items that you wish to uninstall.</li>
    <li>Click <b>Uninstall...</b>.</li>
    <li>The <b>Uninstall Details</b> page will show you a list of the items that will be uninstalled. Expanding each
    item will show what additional items (if any) will be uninstalled as a result of your choice.</li>
    <li>If you change your mind about which items should be uninstalled, you may click <b>Back</b> to see a checkmark
    list of the items you selected before. You may check and uncheck different items in the list, and click <b>Next</b>
    when you are ready to continue.</li>
    <li>Click <b>Finish</b> to start the uninstall.</li>
    <li>Once all of the software is uninstalled successfully, you will be prompted to restart for the Workbench. Click
    <b>Yes</b> when asked to exit and restart the Workbench for the changes to take effect.</li>
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  <h3 class="related">Related concepts</h3><a href="../concepts/concepts-25.htm">Features</a>
  <h3 class="related">Related tasks</h3><a href="tasks-130.htm">Installation Details</a><br>
  <a href="tasks-124.htm">Installing new software</a><br>
  <a href="tasks-123.htm">Reverting to a saved configuration</a><br>
  <a href="tasks-122.htm">Scheduling automatic updates</a>
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